The opening matches in the first division of the squash rackets league will take place this evening, the Rowing Club being at home to the Race Club while the Foreign Y.M, C.A. will entertain the Oarsmen on the Y.M, C.A, courts, Games are scheduled to start at 5,30 pin, and; each team will furnish five players, points to be one per match, a total of five per side being available for one evening's play, The contest at the Rowing Club will see two teams who had a good struggle for leading position in the senior league last year meeting again with practically no change in the composition of the sides, The Race Club who are the holders of the first division title will field practically the same side as last year, a play-off of their eliminating games being held last night to find the fifth man, and those in the running are R, D. Parkin, H, E, Orr, G, J, Mary, J, S. Flood, J, Jacob, A. V. Striker and G. Talbot, The first four places in the Race Club senior team are assured and Play in the S. F. A. League will be resumed on a big scale this week-end when the ten senior teams will play, according to an announcement made yesterday by Mr. M. Spiegler, the Secretary.
The main attraction will be the contest between the Seaforth Highlanders and Tung Hwa on Saturday canidrome. The Chinese pulled s ry over the East Sur-revs last Saturday, 3-2, and their perforn.ance against the Jocks should draw great interest. On the same day at the Race Course the Surreys are to meet the Public Thomas Hanbury team.
Lido, present leaders who have been idle for the past two week-ends, are io tackle the Shanghai Recreation Club on Sunday morning at the Canidrome. In the afternoon two more senior games will be played off on the Racecourse when Clube Lusitano clash with Association Sportive Fran-caisse and S. M. Police tangle with St.
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